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  1. Roy Norris Wood Sr. (September 15, 1915 – October 15, 1995) was an African American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, college professor, and entrepreneur. Wood was the host of the nationally syndicated TV show Black's View on the News.

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    Roy Wood Sr (born September 15, 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia and died October 15, 1995 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an African American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, college professor, and entrepreneur.

  3. His father, Roy Wood Sr., was a Birmingham, Alabama, radio broadcasting and journalism pioneer who covered the civil rights movement; the racism encountered by African-American soldiers in the Vietnam War; the Soweto uprising; and the Rhodesian Bush War, among other topics.

  4. Apr 30, 2023 · Roy Wood Sr. was an African American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, college professor, and entrepreneur. His son, Roy Wood Jr. is a humorist and a correspondent on The Daily Show .

    • September 15, 1915
    • October 15, 1995
  5. May 4, 2021 · roy's father, roy wood sr, was 63 years old when roy was born and passed away when roy was a teenager. a civil rights activist and pioneering radio announcer, roy, sr. lived for his work.

  6. Apr 30, 2023 · His father, Roy Wood Sr., was a Birmingham, Alabama, radio broadcasting and journalism pioneer who covered, among other things, the civil rights movement, racism faced by African-American soldiers in the Vietnam War, the Soweto uprising, and the Rhodesian Bush War.

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  8. Of course Roy began his career in 1946 and was a founder of the National Black Network, had a very brief stint here, went back up to WVON in Chicago and then eventually came back down and worked at the A.G. Gaston stations WAGG and WENN.

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